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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
The Car Stove.

Mr.. EdHOr:-The offer of rewards for some
method of heating and lighting cars seems
to confirm the statement that no practical
method has as yet been devised to take
the place of stoves and lamps. And
with the inventive genius of our progress
sve age turned in this direction, we cannot
doubt that it will not be long before this
contamination will be reached. In the
meantime we can rest in the fact that no
person can be more Interested in adopting
any feasible arrangement to get rid of the
car stove than the managers themselves
They ride more than other people, and con-
sequently they and their families are so
much the more liable to the horrible roast
ing death than are other people. An acct
dent at the front end of the train frequently
takes the engineer, fireman, express and
baggage-master. If at the rear, it is then
the Pullman car, where the president,
directors and other officials are found
like Mr. French killed at Norwalk, and
Senator Wagner at Spuyten Devil Creek.
Again, the first through route that shall
have its cars warmed and lighted by some
means that will not set them on fire in case
of accident will take such a large proper
ton of the travel that other routes would
be forced to adopt the plan Competition
is the great regulator in railroad matters,
the same as in all other affairs in this
world. For instance, twenty years ago the
New York Central charged three cents per
ton per mile; to-day they carry freight for
fraction over one-half cent for the same
weight-a saving of two and one-ifth cents
per ton per mile, which has been estimated
I'm Poor's Manual to amount to four
thousand million dollars in all the rail
roads in the United States in four years
saved to the people. In like manner will
not competition give us the best possible
plan for heating and lighting cars, so that
we shall have no more of those terrible
burnings-up of human beings. But with
Ashtabula and seventy victims, White river
with thirty-six, and all the horrors that
surround such scenes, yet we have the fig
ures to show that more than million ride
upon the cars for every one that is killed.
BY a long ways the railroad car is the safest
known method of travelling. The stage
coach has one death in sixty thousand-fif-
teen times more destructive than the cars
Single and double carriages have still
greater proportion of deaths. Aye, almost
daily is some one burned in their own
house by accident.
&" Thou art around us in our peaceful home
The world calls us forth and thou art there"
But if steam and electric lights can re-
duce the number of deaths upon the cars
one-half, it will be such triumph of sci
ence as we shall all rejoice to see. We be-
lieve it will be done. FARMER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
The Poland Pauper Law.

Mr.. Editor The statement has beer
made, repeated and not denied, that the
new pauper law makes no provision for the
support of the insane poor at the asylum,
and a pressure of sympathy for the poor
waif, No AZ, snubbed by its early friends
and finding the latch-strings all drawn in
prompts an attempt at vindication. Sec
ton of this law is a substitute for an
amendment to section 2S75, Revised Laws,
and repeats by implication, or leaves with
ont any force the words and having no
legal settlement in any town in the state F"
go VT, 344, and 81 VT, GOD. This sub
stitution was no doubt intended by the
Legislators Any other supposition would
be an insult to the wisdom and virtue; and
the unrepealed part of chapter 13S is thereby
subject to it. This being allowed, it does
not matter whether or not the words " at
the insane asylum are counted as repealed,
for full provision is made for removal to the
asylum by the following unrepealed sec
tons, stated in the order of the correspond
ing proceedings Sections 2S76, 2S77, Re-
vised Laws section 4, No, 90, Laws of 1884 ;
section 1919, Revised Laws; section g. No.
80, Laws of 1884; section 2SSl, Revised Laws
section 4, No. As, Laws of 1882; section s. No.
50, Laws of 1884, and section 1882, Revised
Laws. An answer to another question is
found in the three last quoted sections,
which, with the 1886 amendment to section
1915, provides for the support of all dis
to be sent to the asylum, even if not fully
recovered, including those having no legal
residence in the state; and Notwithstanding
the declarations of section of the new act,
which will probably be construed as not in
Guiding mild cases of insanity not needing
treatment at the asylum. "A parallel to this
will be seen in chapter 1873 and its amend
ments before the new law was enacted.
The law has faults enough to bear without
being saddled with false accusations. One
of our leading lawyers predicts that his pro-
fession will reap a rich harvest from the
upheavals it will cause. The old law had
come to be well understood and was work
ing smoothly, but the advent of the new sets
everything webbing. The state support of
insane poor seems the best thing it gives us.
This is the sugar-coating that made the pill
go down, but one at least of the twenty
eight representatives who voted against it
is happy in the thought that he said " No."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

unite in making the affair success. In
the winter carnival at st. Paul all the sport
ing clubs Of Minnesota are asked to join,
and in this cooperation is found the expla-
ton of the great success of the st. Paul car
nivals and the crowds which flock to attend
them.
Montpelier has the finest toboggan chute
in the state and toboggan club composed
of some of the first citizens of the capital.
Our coasting club is second to none and its
members have shown that their ability to
make fun and to enjoy it is of the best sort.
The Montpelier snow-shoe club is the oldest
organization of the kind in New England
and is the largest snow-shoe club in the
state. We live within two hours ride of
Burlington, but not one of our hourishing
clubs has been officially recognized by the
managers of the Burlington carnival. Last
winter, ii is true, our snow-shoe club was
invited to Burlington, but the invitation
came only after the bad weather threatened
to spoil completely the carnival there. Our
club very justly declined this tardy, and, in
certain degree, insulting. proposition.
Many Montpelierites will, of course, go to
Burlington this week, but the number will
be few compared with what would have
gone down If Burlington jealousy and
self-gl oritication had not asserted itself so
plainly. Fortunately Montpelier people do
not have to go to Burlington to find out
what winter fun is. We are soon to have
a day or two of winter sports here, and the
clubs in Barre, Northfield and other neigh
boring towns will be invited to come here,
not merely to see us perform, but to partci-
pate and cooperate with us.
/ ought to add that the blame for the Bur-
lington's inaction does not belong to all the
managers of their carnival. The president
and certain members of the executive com
would have been in favor of a less selfsatis-
fed way in making preparations, and il was
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
The Huntington School Fund.

State Treasurer Dubois is Just about to
make the second annual distribution to the
several towns in the state of the income
arising from the Huntington fund for the
year 1886. This amount to be distributed is
S11 ,lS0, and the distribution is made on a
per capita basis, aud the money can be used
by the several towns for the benefit of their
common schools only. The distribution is
as follows for Washington and Orange
counties:
Washington County-Barre, S69.31 Berlin,
S46.43; Cabot, Sal. 10; Calais S42 .16; Dux-
bury 1924; East Montpelier. $32,7O; Fays-
ton, S2l,47; Harris Gore, S1,35; Marshfeld,
$500 Middlesex, S36,57; Montpelier, Sl0S.-
81; Moretown, S39,70; Northfeld, $95.42;
Plaintield, $24.49; RoKbury, 1871 56; Waits
field, S3l .56i Warren, $500; Waterbury,
STD; Woodbury., $3.50; Worcester, S26
9S; total, $S54.7l.
Ordnge County-Bradford, SOL IA Brain
tree, S35.B; Brookheld, S41.69; Chelsea,
S49.33; Corinth, S5i.74; Fairlee, Sl57S;
Newbury, $77.93; Orange, S2i.G0; Randolph,
$97.9l; STAFFORD, S3974 Thetford, SOL IA
Topsham, $45.93; Tunbridge S42,12; Yer
shire, $1,000; Washington, $31O2; West
Fairlee, S3i.92; Williamstown, $3i.92; total,
$79l 66.
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BurlingtOn's Lack of Courtesy.

To The Editor of the WdtchmdR:- Much
comment is being made among the lovers of
winter sports in this town in regard to the
attitude assumed by some Of the managers
OF the Burlington carnival toward Mont
pelierites in the preparations which have
been made for the Queen City's week of
sports. About the only thing that the peo-
pie of this town have heard from the Bur
lington people has been continued boast
by the latter that they could entertain them
selves and their visitors without the aid of
any OF the organizations which are flour
ishing among the sport-loving people of this
country town. When seasons of winter
sports are preparing in Montreal and in
other Canadian cities all the sporting clubs
within hundreds of miles are asked to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

GOLD WATCHES FREE TO ALL.-In 1886
we gave away over one million of our beau
tiful cards and scrap pictures. We have
the prettiest lot of Sunday-school, reward,
birthday, frnged and visiting cards, scrap
pictures and fancy and tissue papers of any
house in the trade. To introduce samples
at once we make this liberal offer: The
person telling MS the longest verse in the
Bible before March Is will receive lady 8
watch worth S60-solid gold, hunting case,
stem-winding. If there be more than one
correct answer the second will receive a
gentlemans gold watch worth S50-hunting
case, stem winding; the third a solid silver
watch worth S25; the fourth, gold finished
watch; each one OF the next ten persons, an
open face nickel watch Enclose twenty
four cents in stamps or silver with your
answer, for which we shall send you pack
of samples of our lovely cards and scrap
pictures, price list, agents terms and
thirty-two page book lover one hundred fifty
illustrations) and plain gold ring made
from heavy eighteen carat pure rolled gold
plate. We warrant every one for five years.
Name this paper and write at once, as this
will not appear again. Address W. G.
Griswold & Co., Room 8, p. o. Building,
Centerbrook, ct.
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CONTINUED FROM FIRST pAeE.l


being present. 80 Mrs. Eli Jewett died
February LIST. Her death was caused by an
ovarian tumor, which attained enormous
size. go Mrs. Edward Sackett died from
the effects of cancer at the residence OF her
son-n-law, Richard Moiles. on Sunday, the
9th instant. 49, Thaddie Waite, aged
four years, died the 18th instant of canker-
rash. == Austin Belknap is determined
to give the farmers in the vicinity one more
chance to retain the creamery, and if they
are wise they will give it their support, as
otherwise the apparatus will be taken out and
removed to some other locality. 1t will be
run on the cream-gathering plan, and each
man can use such cans or pans to set his
milk as he likes. - f. l.. Noyes is re-
jocng over the arrival at his house last
Sunday of a son, who balanced the scales
at twelve pounds - Katie, aged eight
years, only child of Mr.. and Mrs. p. T..
DEMO, died on Sunday, the 18th instant, of
canker-rash.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

DAVID *. STONE has been appointed post
master at Gilmore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Orange County.
Bradford.

G.. G. DoTY has so far recovered from his
recent illness as to be about again. III. b.
Chamberlin has taken Mr.. Doty's place for
a time upon the road and S. A. Morse is at
work in the store. - Miss S. NJ. Cushing
has purchased the Ned Bailey residence for
S1,750 and o. II. Baker has purchased the
George W. Farr place on North Main
street for $3.50. 80 George Baldwin is
dangerously sick at his home on the South
road. - John Hartwell is earring pota-
toes, paying about forty cents per bushel.
== Moses Flanders was quite badly in
jured by falling through cattle-car while
on his way to market last week. - The
young ladies of the Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will give an
old-time historical supper at the residence
of Mrs A. A. Doty this Wednesday, even
ing from six to eight o'clock. Rev. Mr..
Hough will read an original poem, illustrat-
ing how Benona Wright tried to fast forty
days and forty nights and did not succeed,
Other literary exercises, music, etc, are on
the programme. - The Salvation Army
moved on Newbury the first of this week
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
On the OcklaWaha.

A very pleasant party, consisting of
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, her daughter,
Mrs. Rev. Samuel Scoville. Mrs. Beech
er's niece, Miss Bullard, with Judge Ros-
coe Thompson. Hon. Lucian Thompson.
Miss Mile f.. West. all of Boston, and
Rev. DIR. James b. Dunn, of Palatka.
went up the Ocklawaha River to Silver
Springs on Monday. The weather was
just perfect and all of the party expressed
themselves highly pleased with the trip.
Mrs. Beecher exhibited no signs of ia
tigue but remained ON deck on Monday
night until the boat passed through the
Cypress Gates, and all the way her
sweet, gentle, CHEEKY spirit added very
much to the enjoyment of all and a pc
culiar charm to the accession.
Captain Edwards, as is his wont,
sought in his thoughtful. genial way to
make his passengers comfortable, and
the information he impaired made the
trip one of historical profit, as well as of
social enjoyment. Mrs. Beecher and
friends returned to the city by rail yes
terday afternoon.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06

Our population is recruited from every
quarter and probably numbers the rich
est collection of oddities, in proportion
to number, in the country, without even
making exception of California. From
such material the Administration must
draw its postmasters in the new settle
ments where offices are continually being
established, and the average crank, being
entirely unacquainted with the work to
be done, eagerly embraces the oppOrtu-
nifty to- become distinguished by direct
communication with Washington. Some
instances of the manner in which these
new authorities work may be selected as
examples.
On his last tour of the State, Inspector
Baird found village in West Florida in
a state of violent excitement. The old
postmaster had refused to surrender the
office to his successor, and barricaded
the post-office and declared ''he would
fight it out on that line if it took all sum-
mer" The inspector showed his COM
mission, effected am entrance and in
stalled the man with the new commits
sion. Thereupon the town rejoiced ex-
ceedingly. illuminated itself and took
on a carmine hue for several hours.
In South Florida the mails were dis
pensed by charming little lady at
town which shall be nameless. She
found reason To complain that stamps
were bought from her and then letters
mailed on the train-thus robbing her of
the fee for cancellation. Long did she
revolve various schemes to prevent this,
and finally she cancelled the stamps rhea
sold, and as they were good nowhere else
the letters bearing them were dropped at
her office. This is a new way to remedy
an old evil.
But ON the line of the Florida Southern
Railway there was even a stranger case.
The new postmaster saw no good in
making elaborate reports To Washington,
and when complaint was made he simply
said nothing. ThereupOn he was inter
viewed by an Inspector to whom he
avowed his independence of the Govern
ment and said ''since he bought his stamps
in Palatka and paid for them, he saw
no necessity for making a report" Argu-
ment failed to- convince him that the
post office was something more than an
appendix to his store, so the Inspector
took away his keys, and left him to mail
his letters and those of his customers on
the passing train He is still selling
stamps.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
Liquor i'm Maine.
New York Herald.

view
Prohibition does not prohibit in a single
Maine city.
The proof.
The liquor traffic fiourishes in Portland
despite the fact that there are three
special Liquor deputies in other words.
deputy sheriffs appointed to devote their
time to the suppression of liquor selling,
and to nothing else.
Last year 3s9 persons We're arrested
here for drunkenness, $50 for drunken
ness and disturbance. 81 as common
drunkards and 1s2 for assaults committed
while drunk. Two murders We're COM
mitted by intoxicated persons. and a
young man was found dead under cir
cumstances that made it a moral GER
tainty that he had been murdered. 1t
was discovered that he had been drink
ing with some companions the greater
part of the previous night.
OF the number arrested. as above
stated, 10. We're women and PA minors.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
THE CHARLESTON LINE.
The Prospect for the Re-Establishme nt of
the Line Frightening.

The Prospect for the Observation-Disclosures of
the Line Frightening.
prominent business man of Palatka
has been in correspondence for some time
with the managers of the old Charleston
line, and he has been assured that if a
steamship City of Monticello will be put
back on the line, to make two trips each
week between this city and Charleston.
In an interview yesterday, the gentle
man alluded to stated that he felt al
most assured that the line would he es-
tablished in good time for the fall bust
ness.
The plan is to- run the boat indepen-
dent of the railroads, and to make Palat-
ka the Florida headquarters for the line.
There will be no discrimination, and the
merchants will get goods delivered here
at exactly the same rates the freights
are delivered To the railroads. The boat
under the plan now being discussed. will
deliver all freights at the railroad depot
for all points along their lines, and the
freight for Palatka delivered to the Pa
latka agent of the line. who will not he
connected with the railroads.
We believe the line would receive a
heavy patronage from our merchants
and business men, from the fact that this
competing water line will make freights
as cheap to Palatka as To any other point
in Florida, and the arrangement will
enable our wholesale merchants to under
sell all competing markets. Our facili-
ties for distributing freights to all parts
of the State are all that could be wished,
and the steamboat line will give an out
side connection that will he of vast bene-
fit to Palatka merchants.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
CITY NOTES.

DIR. w. w. Estes administers nitrous
oxide gas for the painless extraction of
teeth.
Mr.. Chas. Kupperbusch has moved his
cigar stand and shooting gallery from
Front street to Lemon street, where he
has put up some nice quarters.
All the crowds were around the polls
yesterday, and the streets wore a desti-
tute and detected appearance. The quiet
ness of Palatka elections is noted, and
free fights are never indulged in.
This that we are now having is
genuine Florida spring weather. The
nights are cool and bracing. and the
days just warm enough to be pleasant
and make a man lazy.
DIR. A. F. Vogelbach. of Melrose, has
purchased the stock of drugs formerly
owned by r. F. Priddy & Co, and will
conduct drug business at the same old
stand. DIR. vogelbach is live business
man, and will no doubt do splendid
business.
Walter Davis, the son of our distin-
guished fellow townsmen Hon. X. w.
Davis, has been appointed one of the
pages in the Legislature. Walter is a
little gentleman, and we hope may some
day stand as high in public estimation as
his father.
Mrs. Lydia p. Hatch died at her home,
at Fruitland, on Monday last, at the age
Of sixty-three. Mr.. Hatch. her husband,
died in December last. She has been an
invalid for number of years, and her
death was not unexpected. She leaves
two sons and a daughter to mourn her
loss, who have the sympathy of the peo-
ple Of Fruitland
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
WELAkA ITEMS.

Correspondence Palatka NEWS.
Ex-senator Morris and his wife are
staying with their nephew, Mr.. r. III.
Hotchkin, at Irwin Oak Cottage.
April Fools Day was very inclement
in Welaka, but there was plenty of fun
in the town all the same.
We understand that the Welaka Land
Company will shortly issue n pamphlet
bearing on the FruitIand Peninsula gen
orally. The pamphlet will be illustrated
with some Of the choicest views in that
district.
We trust that the Palatka Base Ball
Club will fulfill their engagemement to
play in Welaka ON Thursday next. They
have disappointed the Welaka club
twice at the eleventh hour. Should this
happen again. welaka will be reluc-
family obliged to claim the match, as
many of their supporters live at dis
lance.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
FROM FARMER JOHN.
Dangsrs Of Pabiisity-The Cas.ava aud
Rye beeome Famous Florida
Cultivation

Rye Become Famous. FLORIDA
Cultivation.
Since the appearance of my article in
THE NEWS concerning my cassava patch
1 am receiving orders for seed. l have
no seed at this time. my neighbors having
purchased all that l had to spare. and |
could have sold ten times as much if I
had had it, Last spring ransacked the
state to find seed enough to plant one
acre. That is how i happened to have
good cassava patch, nor do | know of
any one else who has seed to spare.
did not give my patch much atten-
ton aside from keeping the ground well
cultivated, and free from weeds and
grass On the one acre l raised about
ten Thousand pounds of roots and sold
near forty dollars, worth of seed. IL
may b. well to state that the tons. or
stalks, are cut into pieces about three
inches long. and planted, one piece in a
hill. four feet apart. The roots are never
planted. They will not grow.
To-day we had cassava for dinner.
That good wife of mine sliced the cassava
into thin pieces the same as Irish potatoes
are sometimes seliced, and fried the
same As the Irish potato is fried when
thus thinly sliced. 1t was quite good
eating. We often have pies made of it,
Ii makes the best pudding i'm the world.
Neither have l any rye or rye
starch to sell. But | intend to raise
more rye another year. Think of cutting
my rye next week. 1t will make about
fifteen bushels to the acre. BY and by |
may have something more to say about
this rye raising, as well as good many
other common sense things. Every
farmer in the county ought To- have
from five To twenty acres Of rye, and
thus save buying hay and corn for his
horses and mules.
FARMER JOHN.